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On Dealing With Apostates.
Other Christians argue against such tactics. Christians on both sides of the fence can defend their views here, because there are Biblical stories and verses that support both sides, just as Christians disagree about the relationship of the church to the culture. See H. Richard Niebuhr's classic book, Christ and Culture, where he shows there are six different ways Christians have sought to engage in their culture, all based upon something said in the Bible. Christians see a different Jesus in the New Testament texts. Jesus fits all sizes doesn't he? But to think that the NT contains different and even contradictory approaches to handling unbelievers is something they would never think of accepting. Many times the Jesus that a Christian sees is based upon his own personality type. Not only are interpretations of the Bible historically conditioned, but they are also conditioned by what personality types we already have before coming to the Bible. I maintain that the side a Christian takes with regard to how to treat false teachers is more likely to be based upon his or her own personality type. Hateful, self-righteous, know-it-all, competitive, arrogant and angry people will simply have the strong tendency to interpret the Bible the way they do.
Christians who use these tactics are ignorant. Using these tactics is based upon imitating some ancient superstitious people, like Elijah, Jesus and Paul, whom they hold no candle to. Charles Sheldon's 1896 book, In His Steps asked, "what would Jesus do?" in order to spur Christians on to imitate his behavior. This book has been widely criticized by Christian thinkers because Christians cannot do what Jesus did, since they are not Jesus. Can we perform miracles? Should we overturn the money changers' tables and thrash them with a whip? Jesus also shunned a Canaanite woman and called her and her people "dogs," because he said his mission was limited to the "lost sheep of Israel" (Matthew 15:21-28). There are a host of things these Christians wouldn't try to imitate, like telling women to be silent in the churches as Paul did (I Cor. 14:34), selling all and giving it all to the poor (Luke 18:22; Yes, Jesus really meant this because his ethic was an "interim ethic" until the Kingdom of God came, which the NT writers believed was imminent in their lifetimes), or sending a slave back to his master (Philemon), or even be an itinerant preacher like Jesus with no place to rest his head (Matthew 8:20). These Christians merely pick and choose what they want to imitate based upon what they want to do.
Even if Jesus, Paul and Elijah did what was right in taunting and demeaning their detractors, there is a difference that makes all of the difference. They supposedly knew with a much greater certainty than these Christians will ever know that they were right. These Christians do not have the same assuredness they did, to do what they did. Are you Jesus? No? Then you don't have the right to do as he did.
The same hermeneutics these Christians use to interpret and apply the Bible in dealing with false teachers, was also used to justify southern slavery. Get and read William Swartley's book, Slavery, Sabbath, War & Women (Herald Press, 1984). This Christian book is really about hermeneutics. Its main thesis is that there are two different ways of interpreting the Bible with regard to these four different ethical issues. On the one hand you have the literalists, and on the other hand you have those who stress Biblical principles over some of the literal statements in the Bible. And guess what? The literalists defended southern slavery, while those who stressed Biblical principles (like Galatians 3:28) were against it.
The problem here is that Christians who berate and ridicule false teachers because Jesus did, argue based upon the same interpretive principles as those Christians who defended southern slavery. Other Christians stress Biblical principles like loving the way the Good Samaritan did, who was considered an outcast, a half-breed, and a worshipper at a false temple.
In fact there are two good reasons for treating those who disagree politely, like we do here at DC: 1) People will listen to you, which is the goal, isn't it? 2) You might learn something in the interchange of these ideas, since no one has a corner on the truth.
Certainty is unattainable when it comes to such issues, so it's best to at least tone down the rhetoric. But on they go. They are right about everything. Everyone else, even many other Christians are wrong, which is another personality induced my-way-or-the-highway attitude of what an apologist is supposed to do.
Actually we apostates can consider ourselves lucky. In a previous era they would have tortured us and burned us alive. Atheists don't deserve apologies because they are less than human. And once you demonize your opponent you can do anything you want to them, and Christians have done just that.
Many people listen to what we say here at DC because we say it respectfully. Think about it. Many people cannot hear what these other Christians say because they can't hear their words above the loud screams of their attitude.
Even if these Christians are right about Jesus, Paul, and Elijah, who cares? We live in an opinionated society; one that values the free expression of ideas and where educated and intelligent people realize we will not all agree. That's the difference that makes all the difference.
These Christians should adjust their views, just like they've done with their liberal views on women when compared to Christians of earlier centuries. They should adjust, just like they've done by condemning racism and slavery, unlike those who justified these things in the American South. They should adjust, just like they do with their liberal views of hell when compared to the Middle Ages. They should adjust, just like they do with regard to their liberal and heretical ideas of a free democracy when compared to earlier times of the divine rights of kings. They should adjust, just like Christians have done who longer think the Bible justifies killing people who disagree. They should adjust or die trying to kick against the goads.
Exapologist has said to these Christians:
You're missing the point about the relationship between civility and inquiry. It's not to prevent from hurting others' feelings, but rather to prevent obstacles to finding the truth. People who care about gaining/sustaining true beliefs and avoiding/discarding false ones realize that a free and open exchange of ideas contributes greatly to that end. It's a way for ideas to be scrutinized and refined through careful peer review. When this sort of exchange is at its best, it's a thing of immense value. It's a process that drastically increases the probability of acquiring truth and avoiding error.Here's what a Christian named Touchstone wrote:
Unfortunately, this invaluable process -- which isn't even allowed in many places -- is extremely fragile: it's very easy to stifle. For example, if someone enters into this process and starts attacking others, then people start to shut down, or they start a shouting match, or... Thereby drastically reducing the probability of getting truth from the process -- or shutting down the process entirely.
So you see, the reason why people don't like it when you start attacking them is not primarily because it's unpleasant (although it is, but most grown-ups can handle that), but rather because you're stifling the free and honest exchange of ideas, which in turn stifles their inquiry into the truth.
Now there are places that you can go that are against the free and democratic exchange of ideas, and would prefer the unquestioned adherence to the dogmas of a particular religion, silencing all dissent with violence -- e.g., societies in which the Taliban is in control (or Calvin's Vienna). But the people you attack aren't into that, for some strange reason.
Also, if you yourself are interested in increasing the probability of gaining true beliefs and avoiding false beliefs, then (in addition to taking some courses in critical thinking and logic) you need to acquire certain intellectual virtues, such as the following:
-intellectual humility: "you know what? I don't know everything, and in fact some of my beliefs might actually be false or otherwise unjustified."
A closely related virtue is:
-intellectual charity: "perhaps I should listen to and internalize the views of others, and not unfairly characterize them to myself or others -- even those whose views are diametrically opposed to mine. I should be able to explain and defend their views before I evaluate them. After all, that way I can be relatively confident that I'm not rejecting a view that turns out to be true."
- intellectual honesty and tentativeness: "I *think* that my views about x are true and reasonable, but sometimes I have my doubts about it. For example, there's this one argument Y that's pretty decent, and I don't know what to say about it. What do you think?"
As you put these into practice and develop them, the probability of your believing true propositions goes up dramatically.
It isn't that we can't handle it. It just looks bad for Christian apologists to come off that way. I don't agree with William Lane Craig on a lot of things, but I think he has a good sense of his obligations as a representative of Jesus Christ in how he acquits himself. He's clear and firm, but generous, and projects an authentic air of good will in the works I've read from him. In his debate with Ehrman he even went so far as to do a little treatment of "Bart's Blunder" if I recall. It was actually a well made point, but very much done in a charitable, if pointed way.In my book I revealed that I had an affair eighteen years ago as of this writing, and some Christians seem to berate me for it. They seem to think it discredits my arguments. Not so at all!
Why "mock" people who say Christianity is "clearly false"? Why not simply point out their missteps dispassionately? Maybe you don't owe this to the unbeliever at all. Maybe it is well within your rights to laugh like Elijah did with the prophets of Baal or how God "sits in the heavens laughs [and] . . . scoffs at [unbelievers]." (Psalm 2:4). Fine, but that doesn't mean that you must exercise that right. Doesn't your Bible say that Jesus "felt a love" for an unbeliever ("the rich young ruler"--Mark 10:21--Although, this might be the only such reference in the Bible)? Is "mocking" and "laughing at" indicative of this? What do you hope to accomplish by mocking and laughing at an unbeliever? Will this help the unbeliever accept what you are saying? Will this help other Christians feel better about their faith? Does this honor God more than dispassionate reasoning?
Here's what a Christian named Jeff said in response to JP Holding's constant personal attacks on me:
We are constantly told that the insulting personal rhetoric that is used so readily in some circles…is justified because it accomplishes a larger strategic goal, namely to publicly shame opponents of the Gospel so that (a) they will be quiet and (b) they will be discredited in the eyes of the "audience". Now both of these seem like very flimsy justifications insofar as (a) never actually happens, and (b), I think, overestimates the size of the putative audience and underestimates its intelligence, but nevertheless, ok, fine, I'll accept it for argument's sake. But what, exactly, is the rhetorical advantage that is gained by criticizing and condemning someone for having sinned? It seems to me that to argue that John has sin in his past says nothing more or less than that he is human like the rest of us, and it's far from clear how that in some way discredits his arguments. Can you imagine, in a debate between, say, Witherington and Ehrman, if Ehrman were to finish a lengthy case for his view and Witherington's response was "unfortunately, Bart, your position has no merit because I have hidden-camera footage that shows you kicking a puppy!"A final note. I'm not opposed to using ridicule. Sometimes there is nothing left to do when all else has been said and done. Sometimes we must vent and laugh at what can only best be described as a ridiculous position, like Voltaire did this in his book Candide. But I am opposed to these offensive tactics being used on a daily basis against those who disagree if the goals are to convince others of our respective positions, and to learn from each other. These are my goals here at DC.
Good grief, people. If you want to argue vehemently against John's position, by all means do so, and if you think that calling him a moron or a poopypants somehow puts you on the lofty pinnacle of unassailable intellectual rigor, go ahead and indulge your belief in the validity of that notion. But don't suppose for a second that because his sins have been publicly disclosed and yours have not, that you are somehow justified in presuming to stand on some sort of moral high ground and wield his sin as a debate broadsword with which to win an argument. Even if you could win a debate that way (and you can't), your victory would be hollow, because with your own words against him you convict yourself -- just replace his sin with yours in your epithet, and you'll find your sword turns in your hand to stab its master with alarming speed and accuracy.
When someone is transparent enough to disclose personal information, particularly when it is potentially embarrassing to them, it's a betrayal of that person's trust to then throw that admission back in their face; to use it as a polemical barb is intellectually bankrupt.
Redated from February '07.


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Split and merge files from the command line
En Español
Although some file archivers offer us the option of split the files, this can be easily accomplished with two commands: split
and cat
Splitting a file with split
Merging the parts that were created with split
Split a file per lines
Splitting a file with split
just needs the size of the parts that we want to create, and the file that we want to split, e.g.:
split -b 1024 file_to_split.bin
If this file is 6 kibibytes long, it will create 6 files of 1 kibibyte each, named xaa
, xab
, xac
, xad
, xae
and xaf
The parameter -b
is what defines the size of the resulting parts. You can use suffixes, either the SI suffixes KB (Kilobyte: 1000 bytes), MB (Megabyte: 1000×1000 bytes), GB (Gigabyte: 1000×1000×1000 bytes), TB, PB, EB, ZB, YB. Or you can use the EIC suffixes K (Kibibyte: 1024 bytes), M (Mibibyte: 1024×1024 bytes), G (Gibibyte: 1024×1024×1024 bytes), T, P, E, Z, Y. E.g.:
split -b 1K file_to_split.bin
split -b 10M file_to_split.bin
split -b 1KB file_to_split.bin
split -b 10MB file_to_split.bin
The past examples would create parts of 1,024 bytes, 10,485,760 bytes, 1,000 bytes and 10,000,000 bytes respectively.
If we don't want the default prefix x,
we can change it by adding the new prefix after the name of the file that we want to split, e.g.:
split -b 1024 file_to_split.bin a_part_
If we are splitting a file of 6 kibibytes as in the first example, this would generate the files: a_part_aa
, a_part_ab
, a_part_ac
, a_part_ad
, a_part_ae
and a_part_af
We can change the length of the suffix in the resulting files, and we can choose between an alphabet based suffix (the default) or a numeric suffix. How many parts we can create depends of this two features of the suffix. If we keep the default length of 2, and don't use a numeric suffix, we can split a file in up to 676 parts. If split runs out of suffixes, it will fail, leaving us with the files created until the moment it failed.
To change the length of the suffix use the parameter -a
followed by a number. E.g.:
split -b 1024 -a 4 file_to_split.bin
Following the first given example again, we would end with the files: xaaaa
, xaaab
, xaaac
, xaaad
, xaaae
and xaaaf
To use a numeric suffix use the parameter -d
, of course with a numeric suffix and a length of 2 we can split a file in up to 100 parts. E.g.:
split -b 1024 -d file_to_split.bin
And using the first example one last time, we would end with the files: x00
, x01
, x02
, x03
, x04
and x05
Merging the parts that were created with split
Since the files created with the split
command are sequential, we can simply use cat
to merge this files into a new file, e.g.:
cat x?? > reconstructed_file.bin
The question mark acts as a wild-card character. How many question marks do we use depends of course of the length of the suffixes used when creating the parts.
Split a file per lines
also allow us to split a text file per lines rather than per the size of the resulting parts. I am sure this was very useful at some point in the past, but I can't think of a reason to split a text file per lines other than for experimental or didactic purposes, text processors are quite capable of dealing with very large text files (great, just days after writing this I found a good application, splitting long lists of URLs and splitting those long MySQL files full of commands so we can upload them to those web-based systems that can't handle big files, I left this comment for humorous purposes). Nevertheless, the parameter to split a text file per lines is -l
followed by the number of lines. E.g.:
split -l 20 file_to_split.txt
This will create one file for every chunk of 20 lines in the original file, so if the file had 54 lines, it would create the files xaa
(lines 1-20), xab
(lines 21-40) and xac
(lines 41-54).
There is another option in split
, a mix between splitting the file per size in bytes and per number of lines. In this mode we specify a maximum size in bytes for the parts, and split
will fit as many complete lines as possible in each part without exceeding the specified size in bytes. For this we use the parameter -C
followed by a number representing the size in bytes, you can use any of the suffixes that are valid for the option -b
. E.g.: Assume that we have a file that contains 20 lines of 100 characters each, totalling 2000 bytes, and we use the following command:
split -C 512 file_to_split.txt
This would give us the files: xaa
(lines 1-5, since the sixth line, having 100 characters, would not fit in the 512 bytes that we set as limit), xab
(lines 6-10), xac
(lines 11-15) and xad
(lines 16-20). Each file would have a size of 500 bytes.

subset: commoncrawl


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Danny Carey and John Ziegler talk Volto!, Tool, improv and Rick Springfield
Danny Carey and John Ziegler talk Volto!, Tool, improv and Rick Springfield
The English translation of the Italian noun "volto" is "face," but according to John Ziegler, who plays in the improvisational-based band Volto! with Tool drummer Danny Carey and bassist Lance Morrison, the group's moniker is, in fact, a tribute to a certain lovable pooch.
"A friend of ours, Scott Henderson, rescues dogs," Ziegler explains. "He had this one Doberman Pinscher that would always freak out on me, jumping all over me and getting excited. The dog's name was Ashes, but Scott started calling her Volto, because she would act as though she were electrified, like voltage running through her. She got cancer and passed away, sadly, but when we started the band, I remembered the name. I just like the way it sounds, and Volto was a cool dog, so she lives on now through us."
The band's debut album, Incitare, a potent and thoroughly captivating mix of spacey art-rock, prog and jazz-fusion, is out now on Fantasy Records through the Concord Music Group, and Volto! (augmented by keyboardist Matt Rodhe, who also performed on the record) are playing a string of dates, which includes a spot on Yes' Yestival this Saturday, 3 August, in Camden, New Jersey.
Ziegler and Carey spoke to MusicRadar recently about how the band came together, their love of improvisation, why they recorded to tape and... Rick Springfield.
Incitare certainly sounds like a live record, all of the musicians playing together in the room. Was that the case?
John Ziegler: "Definitely. It's pretty much a live interpretation of what we've been doing for a few years. We didn't really sit down and plan out 'We're gonna do this, we're gonna do that,' and that kind of thing. We're really like a neighborhood bar band.
"When we went in the studio with Joe Barresi, I originally thought that we were going to track it – you know, do the drums, the bass, the guitars all separately – but Joe was like, 'What, are you kidding? You guys can jam, so let's do that.' So that's how we went."
Danny Carey: "Three or four of the songs are first takes; on the other songs, we used either the second or third take. So the cool thing is, when people see us, we'll sound like the record – hopefully louder and more exciting, though."
Ziegler: "People know Danny from being in Tool, this really big band, but we're totally opposite from that. Tool plays compositions, but we jam. Everything we do is different every time; we never know how things are going to turn out. One time you see us, a song could be three or four minutes long; next time it could be eight or nine minutes. Who knows?"
Danny Carey and John Ziegler talk Volto!, Tool, improv and Rick Springfield
John, you and Lance have both played with Rick Springfield – is that how you two know each other?
Ziegler: "Yeah, I started working with Rick, and Lance was playing bass, so we became friends from that experience. Volto! started in 2003, and the original bass player maybe played half a dozen gigs with us. In 2004, he decided that he wanted to do more bluesy stuff. I started thinking about all of the bass players I knew, and I always thought that Lance was rock solid; I thought it would be interesting to see him coming from a very pop place to working with Danny, who is so experimental. And it worked. The first time they jammed, it was awesome.
What is your musical common ground? When you get together, what bands or albums do you talk about?
Ziegler: "I met Danny in 1999. We used to hang out in this jazz club over in Studio City. We became friends, and he told me that he played in this band Pygmy Love Circus. I told him, 'Man, I love that band. If you ever need a guitar player, let me know.' After he finished the Lateralus tour with Tool, we got together and fired up the band up again. It's kind of like biker rock, real straight ahead stuff – Thin Lizzy, Motorhead. But we also found out that we liked the jam stuff from the '70s, like Jeff Beck and Billy Cobham, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Weather Report – stuff like that."
Carey: "We listen to prog rock, jazz-fusion. I think we draw inspiration from lots of different places, which is cool – you don't want to all be coming from one place. I'd say our real meeting place might be Tony Williams, Cobham, Bill Bruford and Allen Holdsworth. We're pretty eclectic."
What about Rick Springfield? [Both men laugh.]
Carey: "That's about it. Yeah, Rick, well, that would be John's inspiration."
Ziegler: "Hey, if you've ever seen Rick Springfield live, he brings it. The guy is a showman."
Carey: "I'll bet he is."
I have seen him live, and yes, he does give it his all.
Ziegler: "He's like Pete Townshend meets Elvis. He smashes the guitar, jumps in the crowd – he's all over it."
Carey: "You gotta love that."
Danny Carey and John Ziegler talk Volto!, Tool, improv and Rick Springfield
Ziegler: "So back to our common ground – we have the rock and the jazz thing going on. When we started Volto!, we were doing half instrumental tunes and half vocal tunes, everything from Allman Brothers to Zeppelin to Mahavishu and Tony Williams. Slowly, we started incorporating original material."
Danny, was improvisation something you really wanted to explore as a contrast to Tool?
Carey: Definitely. That's one of the biggest reasons for me to do it; I wanted to work on my improv. It broadens your horizons anytime you play with somebody new. John and Lance and Matt are all great musicians in a whole different way from the guys in Tool. I learn something new every time I play with them."
Originally, Volto! was going to be a vocal band. What happened there?
Ziegler: "At first, our keyboard player was Kirk Covington, who in addition to being one of the best drummers in the world also plays keyboards. The guy's like an idiot savant. [Laughs] He's can play keyboards in the vein of Herbie Hancock and Jan Hammer, but could also sing his ass off on the Zeppelin and Allman Brothers stuff. But the band is really a vehicle for us to do solos – not to put vocals down or anything. We were going to do the original tunes with vocals, but right when we decided to do the record, Kirk decided he didn't want to do it. Plus, he was moving to Texas, so that pretty much killed that."
Even though the music is improvisational, does somebody in the band start to tunes? Who brings in raw sketches of songs?
Carey: "For the most part, John is the main writer. He'll come in with a basic idea, and then we'll help him arrange. There is a framework that we work from, and some of its pretty intense – some complicated heads and changes. There's a level of consistency we strive for as far as actual form, but we always leave room for improv."
Ziegler: "I might come in with the ideas, but I consider Danny to be the real writer. Playing with him for a long time now, I won't bring him something that won't fit his skills. I know what his strengths are, and so when bring him something, I have his playing in my head. He's got his own voice on the drums, so that's something you want to use."
Danny, speaking to that, were there elements of your playing with Tool – your technique, your approach and even your equipment – that you didn't want to bring to this band?
Carey: "No, that's never really come up. I think we're all true to our situations. It's just a different combustible mixture when the four of us get in a room together compared to the four members of Tool. We've never had to think about sounding too much like each other. There's definitely some similarities, but because the personalities and talents are so different, I don't have to worry about changing anything one way or another."
Danny Carey and John Ziegler talk Volto!, Tool, improv and Rick Springfield
Volto! recorded to tape. Are you devout analogue fans?
Carey: "Every record I've ever done with Tool has been on tape. There have been a few things, side stuff and what not, that weren't. But whenever I record my drum parts for Tool, it's always on tape; the sonic quality is unbeatable, even at this point. Not to say that Pro Tools can't catch up, but the way that computers capture sound and process information, they can't compete with two-inch tape."
So Danny, I have to ask: You're playing with two guys who were in Rick Springfield's band. Do you ever say to them, "C'mon, just once, let's do Jessie's Girl"?
Carey: [Laughs] "That's good. Somehow, that's never come up."
Ziegler: "Hey, man, I could see Rick Springfield coming on stage with us. That'd be awesome!" [Laughs]
Carey: "Without a doubt. That's the beauty of being an instrumental band – we can be adaptable. I love having people come and sing with us. We've had the guys who do Zappa Does Zappa and some pretty badass dudes. We leave that seat open to whoever wants to join in, because you don't get tied down to one person's style."
So Rick Springfield singing with Volto! is a distinct possibility?
Carey: [Laugh] "Definitely. It could happen. Why not?"


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Inside Tesla - 06.26.12
I feel I can speak for many of us here at Tesla when I say how much we have enjoyed connecting with you every Tuesday for the past few weeks. Our Inside Tesla Series has been fun for us to produce, and hopefully fun and informative for you to read.
This past weekend, Model S became a reality. Nothing compares to the feeling of pride that I have at this moment in time. There were many who said we would never deliver Model S – we just chose to listen to the people who said we could. With 2300+ Roadsters worldwide, more than 10,000 Model S Reservation Holders, and now 10 Model S on the road, we are thankful for the believers. You're the reason we're here today...and we'll never forget it!
I must admit that during the past year I have felt very awkward at times talking about how amazing Model S is. At times I felt like a "typical auto salesman," which is something I hope to never be. However, after this past weekend, I am no longer the only one at the microphone. After the initial media reviews and the first round of Get Amped Model S test drives, I am surrounded by almost 600 others who are just as excited about Model S as I am.
At the kick-off of the Get Amped Model S Tour in Fremont, California, we heard customer after customer exclaim, "unbelievable," "awesome," "nothing in the world like it," "incredible," "poetry in motion." We are humbled by these reactions, but it's not just the steadfast believers who are making statements like these. USA Today's headline announced that Model S "is spectacular." Engadget had one word: "amazing." These are just a few of our favorites from the first round of reviewer feedback. There are many more from this past weekend, and I am confident that there will be many more to come in the future. We are humbled to know that all of our hard work has paid off, and that we have delivered what we promised to those who had faith in our company over the past three to four years. Our sincere thanks go out to everyone who has stood beside us during this incredible journey.
On Friday we delivered five cars to customers at an event attended by Tesla employees and media. We were honored to have California Governor Jerry Brown attend as well as representatives from NHTSA and the Department of Energy. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the video. Thanks go out also to the audience who joined us on the web, and a big shout out to everyone who watched from our stores around the world. My wife, daughter and granddaughter watched the event with an enthusiastic crowd at the Santana Row store.
This past weekend we watched customer after customer step out of the driver's seat of Model S with the typical "Tesla Grin." Sometimes it was because of the way Model S handled in the corners, or the smooth deceleration of the regen braking that had them grinning. Often it was the G-Force they felt as they accelerated 0 to 60 mph in less than five seconds or the impressive 17-inch touchscreen. Once, it was the realization that Model S doesn't have that bump in the middle of the floor in the back seat. No matter what the reason, the smile was there. But you don't have to take my word for it because in this week's video, I'm handing the microphone to our customers who took Model S out for a spin. Enjoy the ride along with them as they experience Model S for the very first time.
We've included more photos of customers "getting amped" in our Tesla Gallery.
This past weekend's kick-off of the Get Amped Model S Test Drive Tour was absolutely great. We had endless smiles and glowing reviews of the car. We also learned a lot. It's no longer a secret that Model S accelerates like a rocket and grips the road incredibly well. These are two of the many great things about Model S that enhance your experience and help insure a Tesla Grin at the end of every test drive. And no mater how important it is that we give you the opportunity to do a test drive that generates the Tesla Grin, we are just as focused, perhaps even more so, that everyone enjoys the ride and the experience. With that in mind, I need to implement a few things that may be disappointing to some people, but I would rather have you upset with me about these decisions, than have us both looking back at a situation we both wish had never happened. Going forward, there are two changes being made to the tour:
1. We had more than a handful of drivers this past weekend who disregarded specific directions from their Tesla co-pilot and created uncomfortable situations for their passengers in the back seat. Model S handled every challenge thrown at it and in every case delivered beyond expectations. However, that does not make this type of driving okay when it could potentially impact others, both in the car and along the test drive route. It is unfortunate that I have to do so, but in all test drive cars going forward, we are limiting the top speed of our cars to 75 miles per hour to insure the safety of our employees, back seat passengers and other drivers on the road. We are not in any way restricting acceleration capabilities of the cars. When all is said and done, this will only impact about two to three percent of test drives, but I'd rather have you upset with me for limiting top speed during test drives, than have me visiting you in the hospital. It's as simple as that. Thank you for understanding.
2. I know this second change may also make me a bit unpopular, but moving forward, while we welcome children of any age to attend the event with you, we are enforcing a minimum age requirement of 8 years old for children riding along during test drives. The reason for this is very, very specific. The loading and unloading area at the beginning and end of each test drive is very, very active with cars entering and leaving almost every minute throughout the day. I personally attended the event both days this past weekend, and saw three instances where a small child got away from their parents in the loading/unloading area and walked towards other cars. Our staff was able to immediately retrieve them and get them safely back to their parents, but in all three instances, I was personally very concerned. We have all sorts of fun things for younger children to do, and have a dedicated space with a movie playing and coloring books where we will watch your kids for you during your test drive, but only children 8 years and older will be allowed to enter the loading and unloading area during future events. The well being of your family is more important to me than winning your approval on this issue.
We have worked very hard to make Model S safe for you, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, and anyone else that rides along with you in Model S. It is this focus on safety that has me implementing the above minor changes for all future test drive events.
This weekend we will open our second Tesla Store this year in North America. It is located on 3rd Street Promenade in Santa Monica, California. 3rd Street Promenade is a very active retail street with tons of energy and activity every day. 3rd Street has a wide variety of restaurants, multiple theaters, convenient parking and loads of great tenants. It has a weekly farmers' market and is walking distance from the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Monica Pier. We open this coming Friday morning. Stop by and say hi if you're in the area. We plan to have both Model S and the Model X Design Prototype on display for all to see.
Thanks go out to all who have followed Inside Tesla the past few weeks and watched as we counted down to customer deliveries on June 22nd. I hope you have enjoyed the Inside Tesla series as much as we have enjoyed sharing it with you. Our customers guide everything we do at Tesla and our employees do everything possible to make sure all customers are delighted. At Tesla, we have a goal that is painted on the wall in every new store we open around the world, and every day we aim to achieve it... Our goal is to deliver the most innovative cars in the world, to as many people as possible, while making them smile...everyday.
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One exchange in particular between CBS News' Scott Pelley and New York Police Department Commissioner Ray Kelly on Sunday's edition of 60 Minutes is getting lots of attention today.
The subject was the possibility of another terrorist attack aimed at the city and the efforts by Kelly's department to prevent such a thing from happening. Here's an excerpt:
Pelley: "Are you satisfied that you've dealt with threats from aircraft, even light planes, model planes, that kind of thing?"
Kelly: "Well, it's something that's on our radar screen. I mean in an extreme situation, you would have some means to take down a plane."
Pelley: "Do you mean to say that the NYPD has the means to take down an aircraft?"
Kelly: "Yes, I prefer not to get into the details but obviously this would be in a very extreme situation."
Pelley: "You have the equipment and the training."
Kelly: "Yes."
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LG Electronics has launched the G3, another option for people who want a high-end smartphone. To succeed, the device will have to outcompete products like the Galaxy S5 from Samsung, and it has the hardware specifications to do it.
The G3 and the LTE version of Samsung's smartphone are powered by Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor running at 2.5GHz. One of the rumors regarding the G3's spec sheet was the inclusion of the Snapdragon 805 processor, which should already be in use by now, according to what Qualcomm said last year. But in the end, LG chose the same processor as everyone else -- the 801.
The screen
In the run-up to the launch of the Galaxy S5 it was reported that Samsung would choose to upgrade the screen resolution, but in the end the company decided to stick with a 1920 by 1080 pixel resolution on the 5.1-inch screen. LG, on the other hand, has gone all-in, and used an in-house-developed screen that measures 5.5 inches and has a 2560 by 1440 pixel resolution, or quad HD.
Size and weight
The Galaxy S5 is slightly lighter at 145 grams versus the G3's 149 grams. The overall size of the Samsung device is also a bit smaller: The S5 measures 142 x 72.5 x 8.1 millimeters, compared to the G3's 146.3 x 74.6 x 8.4 millimeters.
Storage and RAM
Both the G3 and Galaxy S5 have 16GB or 32GB of integrated storage, which can be expanded using microSD cards. The LG smartphone has either 2GB or 3GB of RAM, while the S5 has 2GB of RAM.
Like many smartphone makers, Samsung and LG are hoping that an improved camera can get consumers to open their wallets. The Galaxy S5 has a 16-megapixel camera, while the G3 has a 13-megapixel camera with optical imaging stabilization, which is something the Samsung device lacks.
An area both companies have worked on is the speed it takes for the camera to focus. LG has done this using technology that was originally meant for use in a vacuum cleaner robot. It uses an infrared laser beam to measure the distance to the subject.
The Galaxy S5 started shipping around the world in the beginning of April. The G3 will start shipping in June in the U.S. and Europe. However, smartphone buyers in LG's home country will be able to buy it this week.
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A deacon is in the hospital and his good friend, a preacher, goes to visit him.
The preacher notices all the medical equipment attached to the deacon. He kneels by the bed.
The deacon motions to a pad and pen on the nightstand. The preacher hands his friend the pad and pen, and the deacon begins to write. Suddenly, the deacon dies.
At his funeral, the preacher delivers the service. He says, "I was with him when he died, and as a matter of fact, I have his last thought in my coat pocket here."
The preacher pulls out the paper and reads, "Please, get up. You're kneeling on my oxygen hose."
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Australia's unemployment rate remained steady at 5.4 per cent in January 2013 Australia's seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained steady at 5.4 per cent in January, as announced by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) today. The ABS reported the number of people employed increased by 10,400 to 11,549,100 in January. The increase in employment was driven by increased part-time employment, up 20,200 people to 3,450,700 and was offset by decreased full-time employment, down 9,800 to 8,098,400 people. The increase in total employment was mainly driven by an increase in female part-time employment. The number of people unemployed increased by 2,000 people to 659,600 in January, the ABS reported. The ABS monthly seasonally adjusted aggregate hours worked series showed a decrease in January, down 3.9 million hours to 1,619.7 million hours. The ABS reported a seasonally adjusted labour force participation rate decrease of 0.1 percentage points to 65.0 per cent in January. More details are contained in the January 2013 issue of Labour Force, Australia (cat. no. 6202.0), as well as the upcoming January 2013 issue of Labour Force, Australia, Detailed (cat. no. 6291.0.55.001) due for release next week on February 14. These publications are available for free download (after release) from the ABS website - www.abs.gov.au. Media note: When reporting ABS data, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (or ABS) must be attributed as the source. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. |


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Obamas and Bushes share a plane to Mandela's memorial
A joint wave from the Air Force One, a shared dinner, and a long flight home. President Barack Obama and former President George W. Bush shared quality time Tuesday as they returned from Nelson Mandela's memorial service in South Africa.
Reconciliation was in the air.
Bush and his wife, former first lady Laura Bush, had round-trip passage with Obama and first lady Michelle Obama for the service, an international "who's who" of current and former international political leaders.
As Obama and Michelle Obama boarded the presidential jet Tuesday, they waited at the top of the stairs for the Bushes to climb the steps behind them. At the threshold of the plane's fore cabin Obama encouraged Bush and the two wives to turn and offer a farewell wave in unison.
It was a rare moment of unity for the 43rd and the 44th presidents, whose policy and ideological differences were on sharp display during the 2008 presidential election.
Once aboard, White House spokesman Jay Carney said, the Obamas and the Bushes dined together in the Air Force One conference room. There they were joined by senior Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, Attorney General Eric Holder, and national security adviser Susan Rice.
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Ken Steele and the Experience of Schizophrenia
Many of us are familiar with people who walk down the street conversing with people and other entitities that we cannot say, but which exist in a hyper-real and undeniable way to them. What is it like inside their minds, what do those voices sound like and what do they say? And what happens when the voices quiet down after a lifetime due to Rispardal or other psychiatric drugs? Meet the late Ken Steele, who vividly described his lifelong struggle with paranoid shizophrenia, and the road back to the shared world.
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Kat Von D Cops Rush to Home Over Phone Creep
Police officers rushed to Kat Von D's L.A. home Monday night -- even dispatching a HELICOPTER to search her neighborhood -- after she received an extremely unsettling phone call ... TMZ has learned.
Law enforcement tells us, Kat received the call from an unknown number on her home phone -- asking if it was Kat. The caller also asked Kat several personal questions before hanging up.
We're told Kat then received an unwanted text -- from the same person.
Kat -- believing the caller was on her property and fearing for her safety -- called police around 10:45pm ... and officers rolled up soon after in full force, sirens blaring.
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What's the best project you ever worked on? While we remember projects for all kinds of reasons, far and away the most common answer is rooted in one universal truth. It's not how iconic the build itself may have been, or the challenges overcome along the way. The reason most provide is the experience of working with great partners. Finding the right partners and winning the right work can look easy. Yet fail to discover and maintain these relationships, and delivering profitable projects gets hard. The right partners for every pursuit are like hidden treasures of a project's success, and Oracle's Preconstruction marketplace is just the place to help you find them.
Oracle Preconstruction: Manage and maintain the right relationship with the right partners, so you win more of the projects that matter.
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WASHINGTON (October 19, 2012)—The Huffington Post published an article late this afternoon revealing details of a censored Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) report showing the risk of a flooding accident at U.S. nuclear power plants appears to be greater than previously thought.
Thirty-four nuclear reactors—one-third of the U.S. fleet—could face flooding hazards greater than they were designed to withstand if an upstream dam fails, according to the report, which was written by NRC staff members in July of last year. The NRC has known about these risks for at least 15 years and has failed to adequately address them.
The report generated attention a month ago when its lead author, Richard H. Perkins, accused the NRC of deliberately whiting out passages before releasing the report in response to a Freedom of Information Act request to avoid embarrassment. In a letter submitted to the NRC inspector general on September 14, Perkins suggested that the NRC censored his report because it reveals "the NRC has been in possession of relevant, notable, and derogatory safety information for an extended period but failed to properly act on it."
The flooding threat is due to the fact that nuclear reactors are built adjacent to rivers, lakes and oceans because they require vast quantities of cooling water. Many U.S. nuclear plants that are sited along a river have one or more dams located upstream. If a dam failed, the ensuing flood waters could overwhelm a plant's protective barriers and disable critical safety equipment, causing an accident that could release a large amount of radiation, just as it did at the Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan in March 2011. In that case, the flooding was caused by a tsunami, not a breached dam, but the result could be similar. (For more information on flooding risks, see the Union of Concerned Scientists' new fact sheet, "Dam Failures and Flooding at U.S. Nuclear Plants.")
The Huffington Post provided a link to the unredacted NRC report and described some of what was excised by NRC censors.
For example, the uncensored version of the report includes a section about one of the plants at risk, the Oconee Nuclear Station in South Carolina. It reveals that the plant's owner, Duke Energy, discovered that a failure of the nearby Jocassee dam could flood the plant and cause the loss of power and safety equipment, potentially damaging its three reactor cores within eight to nine hours. It could further lead to reactor containment failure within 59 to 68 hours, triggering a significant release of radioactivity into the environment. Duke informed the NRC about this flooding hazard as early as January 1996.
The unredacted version also reveals that the failure probability of dams like Jocassee that the NRC uses in its analyses is 20 times larger than that used by Duke Energy.
In a section about the Fort Calhoun plant in Nebraska, NRC censors removed a label on a graph that indicates the failure of the Oahe or Fort Randall dams under certain conditions could result in water levels higher than the plant's flood protection structures . The report also states that "Fort Calhoun Station may not have been protected from flooding even without consideration of upstream dam failure. An upstream dam failure further exacerbates this condition."
Another whited-out section in the report called for Cooper Nuclear Station in Nebraska to be re-evaluated to determine if it is as vulnerable to flooding as Fort Calhoun.
Below is a list of eight plants the report identified as some of the most vulnerable to a flood from a dam failure and the nearest metropolitan areas to those plants.
- Arkansas Nuclear: Little Rock
- Cooper: Kansas City, Lincoln and Omaha
- Fort Calhoun: Omaha
- Indian Point: Bridgeport, Danbury, New Haven, New York City, Poughkeepsie and Stamford
- Oconee: Greenville (S.C.)
- Sequoyah: Chattanooga
- South Texas: Houston, San Antonio and Austin
- Watts Bar: Knoxville
"The NRC knows—and has known for many years—that flooding from dam failures can disable the emergency equipment needed to prevent reactor core meltdown," said Dave Lochbaum, director of the Nuclear Safety Project at the Union of Concerned Scientists. "The agency must require plants to address known flooding hazards and thoroughly investigate other plants that may be at risk and require them to resolve any potential hazards.
"If such a flooding accident occurred, the NRC would quickly determine which other plants were vulnerable and require them to strengthen their protection against similar events. Wouldn't it be smarter for the agency to do that before an accident occurs?"


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KY House Passes Law Raising Minimum School Dropout Age
< < Back toStudents wouldn't be allowed to drop out of school before their 18th birthday under legislation that has passed the House.
The vote was 87-10 Thursday afternoon. Gov. Steve Beshear, a two-term Democrat, has been promoting the legislation for years, most recently in his annual State of the Commonwealth speech.
The proposal would increase the dropout age incrementally from 16 to 17 to 18 over a period of years, giving both students and school districts time to adjust to the change.
The legislation now goes to the Senate. The Democratic-controlled House has approved the measure in past years, but it has never been passed by the Republican majority in the Senate.
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I assumed from the moment I first saw him, that he and I
would grow old together. I figured we'd lose our looks apace, and that
affection in our hearts would supplant inspection by our eyes once we became
I assumed that physical attraction was like those fuel
barrels that boost a rocket through the heat of the atmosphere and then are
detached and are cast off to orbit the earth. Like debris. Like memories.
Why didn't anyone tell me 28 years ago, that when the man I
mustered the courage to approach and talk to at that dismal bar in that
wretched little city would turn 50, I would see only the man I first saw on the
night we met.
That is what no one tells you. That your lover doesn't age in your eyes! When I look at him on this, his 50th,
I see exactly the same face I saw then. Why didn't anyone tell me this amazing
truth? My guess is that this truth is economically inconvenient. If we assume that the passage of time
will render us as undesirable as an old dishtowel, we will lay out cash to
fight the imagined enemy. We will
be anxious about the future of our faces.
I always knew they say that love is blind, but I thought
they meant to youthful details. I didn't think I'd be blinded by the sight of
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Acetic Acid
The Role of Acetic Acid in Wine
As one of the most chemically simplistic acid in wine, acetic acid can be either beneficial or detrimental based on its concentration. Its presence in wine is mainly due to yeast and bacterial metabolism. But it is also formed as wine ages in oak cooperage.
The normal level of acetic acid in wine is around 300mg/liter. This number may not mean much to you, but it is very important to winemakers. Around this level, acetic acid is very desirable, contributing to the wines smell and taste. Another positive benefit of acetic acid is through its reaction with esters, producing acetate esters, which contributes to a wines fruit character.
It is critical, however, to keep the acetic acid concentration around 300mg/liter. As it increases above this critical number, it gradually gives the wine a sour taste, and the perception of vinegar becomes more apparent. This can ruin a perfectly good wine.
A high concentration of acetic acid in wine is a strong indication that the grapes have been contaminated. The culprit of contamination is usually acetic acid or lactic acid bacteria. Winemakers and viticulturalists will pay the utmost attention to make sure that this does not occur.
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AP sources: 6 C-USA schools apply for AAC membership
The American Athletic Conference's latest rebuild leaves Conference USA in a precarious position.
Six schools from C-USA - UAB, UTSA, Rice, North Texas, Charlotte and Florida Atlantic - have applied for membership with the American and are expected to be accepted by the end of the week, according to two people with knowledge of the process who spoke with The Associated Press.
An announcement could come as soon as Thursday. The people spoke to AP on condition of anonymity Wednesday because the league was not yet prepared to make its expansion plans public.
The shuffling is part of the fallout from the latest round of conference realignment kicked off this summer when Oklahoma and Texas decided to bolt the Big 12 for the Southeastern Conference. The ripple effects are now being felt across the country.
The American was in the market for new members after three of its most successful schools - Cincinnati, Houston and Central Florida - announced in September they would be joining the Big 12.
Those moves are expected by the 2023 football season, and the American hopes to have its six new members in place when the departing schools leave.
The result would be a 14-team conference, with four schools in Texas - the three new members and SMU.
C-USA has been a frequent target when the American, formerly the Big East, has needed to reconstitute. After the latest realignment moves have been completed, 12 of the American's 14 members will be former C-USA schools.
Earlier this month, C-USA Commissioner Judy MacLeod sent a letter to AAC Commissioner Mike Aresco proposing a merger of sorts between the two conferences to make each a better geographic fit for its members. The AAC had no interest and instead went on the offensive.
Conference USA will be down to eight members - Old Dominion, UTEP, Southern Mississippi, Marshall, Louisiana Tech, Middle Tennessee, Florida International and Western Kentucky - with an unclear future.
In the past, Conference USA has poached the Sun Belt Conference when it needed replacement schools. Middle Tennessee, FIU and Western Kentucky were all members of the Sun Belt.
But the Sun Belt is now in a position of strength relative to C-USA.
'œI don't see any Sun Belt schools leaving," former Sun Belt Commissioner Wright Waters said.
This time it could be the Sun Belt poaching C-USA.
'œThroughout this process, if we identify a school that adds value to the Sun Belt, we'll certainly consider them for membership,'ť Sun Belt Commissioner Keith Gill said back in September.
Marshall, in Huntington, West Virginia, would have a natural geographic rival among the Sun Belt's 10-team football conference with Appalachian State, based in Boon, North Carolina.
Southern Miss could fit between Sun Belt schools South Alabama and Troy to the east and Louisiana-Lafayette and Louisiana-Monroe to the west.
Where could C-USA turn?
'œThere does come a time when there are no more options,'ť former Sun Belt and Western Athletic Conference Commissioner Karl Benson said.
Liberty, a private school in Lynchburg, Virginia, has expressed interest in joining a conference that could house its currently independent FBS football team. It has invested heavily in athletics and the Flames have played in bowl games each of the past two seasons. Liberty's other sports programs compete in the Atlantic Sun.
FCS programs looking to make the jump from Division I college football's second-tier to its top level, the Bowl Subdivision, could also be an option.
When Benson was trying to save WAC football in the early 2010s, he couldn't persuade some of the strong FCS programs in the West such as Montana and Montana State to make the step up.
When he became Sun Belt commissioner in 2012, he found FCS schools in the region more eager to jump and they helped fortify the conference. No. 15 Coastal Carolina and Appalachian State have turned into two of the Sun Belt's best programs since transitioning.
'œWithout patting myself on the back, I think the Sun Belt did a pretty good job of identifying the upside in App and Coastal and even Georgia Southern," Benson said.
FCS powerhouse James Madison in Harrisonburg, Virginia, has shown interest in moving up and could be a potential solution for C-USA, if not a target for the Sun Belt.
Northeast football independents Connecticut and Massachusetts would likely be football-only options for C-USA.
The American targeted schools based in large media markets and fertile recruiting territory for football.
UAB has been C-USA's most consistent winner in recent seasons, playing in three straight league title games and winning two. FAU won Conference USA titles in 2017 and '19 under then-coach Lane Kiffin. North Texas played for a C-USA title in 2017.
UTSA is a relatively new major college football program. The Roadrunners' first season was 2011, but they already have played in two bowl games and are currently undefeated and ranked No. 24 in the AP poll.
Charlotte is also a newcomer to the highest tier of Division I football, having joined in 2013.
Rice, a private school in Houston, has the longest history of major college football competition among the six schools heading to the American. The Owls were once a member of the Southwest Conference with schools such as Texas and Arkansas.
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Wayne:High Throughput Sequencing Resources
Basic unix and usage of Sirius (our lab server)
Sirius is our analytical powerhouse (64 cores, amazing for parallel computing; 512Gb memory; 64 bit file system in the x86_64 configuration) and we have specific locations on the server to do specific jobs. It is stored in a lovely server closet and so the way to access it is though a secure shell (ssh). Your username and password are obtained through our IT staff. Once you have logged on, there are a series of commands and "server etiquette" you will need to follow. For the PDF, click here.
You should familiarize yourself with some basic Unix commands by doing a few tutorials. Here is also a nice website with a large number of linux commands .
- ssh firstname.lastname@example.com --- to secure login
- slogin email@example.com --- to secure login
- uname -a --- to learn about the server
- passwd --- to change the default password you are given
- logout (or control+D) --- to logout
Structure and organization
- Your home (user) directory on Sirius holds <5Gb of data (be aware!)
- /home/user
- For genomes and databases
- /databases
- Location of installed programs
- /usr/local/bin
- /opt/
- The location to store your data
- /data/
- /data/user
- You can create your own personal directory if you'd like (see below for commands)
- The location to place scripts and data ONLY while you are working with it
- /work/user
- whoami --- returns your username
- du -a username --- returns your space usage but make sure to do this from the parent directory of your user directory
- Developing a pipeline:
- copy a small but representative part of your data to sirius
- run all the programs you need on them
- debug and save final version of pipeline (e.g. in a text file)
- copy all your data
- run your pipeline on all data
- debug and update pipeline
- move results wherever you want
- erase data
- Never start more jobs than the number of available cores (e.g. If there are 50 jobs running, do NOT submit more than 14 to make a total of 64 jobs)!!
- Look at the memory and cpu usage before you start to load sirius with commands (cmd)
- htop --- use to view real-time CPU usage
- top --- displays the top CPU processes/jobs and provides an ongoing look at processor activity in real time. It displays a listing of the most CPU-intensive tasks on the system, and can provide an interactive interface for manipulating processes. It can sort the tasks by CPU usage, memory usage and runtime.
- If you don't know something, use manual
- man ls --- to look up the functionality of the ls tool, use Google, or ask admins (Jonathan or Ron) or in-lab (Rena or Pedro)
- mpstat --- to display the utilization of each CPU individually. It reports processors related statistics
- mpstat -P ALL --- the mpstat command display activities for each available processor, processor 0 being the first one. Global average activities among all processors are also reported
- sar --- displays the contents of selected cumulative activity counters in the operating system
- ps -u yourusername --- lists your processes
- kill PID --- kills (ends) the process with that process ID
- ps -u username --- lists all the current jobs for a specified username
Installing programs yourself
- Check if it's already installed
- mkdir ~/bin --- to creak a directory in your home folder
- cat .bash_profile --- put it in your path or check to see if it's already there
- PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
- export PATH
- compile it with prefix ~/bin --- install programs to bin
Data transfer (network)
- scp options user@host_source:path/to/file1 user@host_dest:/dest/path/to/file2 --- Command Line Interface (CLI) for moving files
- scp -r user@host_source:path/to/dir user@host_dest:/dest/path --- Command Line Interface (CLI) for moving directories
- FileZilla, Cyberduck, Fugu, etc. --- Graphical User Interface (GUI)
- df -h -- check disk usage
- du -hs /path --- check disk space used by a directory
- du -h -max-depth=1 /path --- check disk space used by a directory
- ls --- lists your files
- ls -l --- lists your files in long format
- ls -a --- shows hidden files... this is actually a critical command! If you *think* you are using little space but it turns out you have a million hidden files... voila, hidden files can be managed.
- ls -t --- sorted by time modified instead of name
- ls -h --- lists your files in "human" format
- ls -hla --- gives you all from combing the three commands; it's beautiful.
- more filename --- shows first part of a file; hit space bar to see more
- head filename --- print to screen the top 10 lines or so of the specified file
- tail filename --- print to screen the last 10 lines or so of the specified file
- emacs filename --- an editor for editing a file
- cp filename1 filename2 --- copies a file in your current location
- cp path/to/filename1 path/to/filename2 --- you can specify a file copy at another location
- rm filename --- permanently remove a file (Caution! This cannot be undone!)
- diff filename1 filename2 --- compares files and shows where they differ
- wc filename --- tells you how many lines (whitespace or newline delimited), words, and characters (bytes) are in a file
- wc -l filename --- tells you how many lines are in a file (whitespace or newline delimited)
- wc -w filename --- tells you how many words are in a file
- wc -c filename --- tells you how many characters (bytes) are in a file
- chmod options filename --- change the read, write, and execute permissions for a file (Google this!)
File compression [see also the gzip usage website]
- gzip filename --- compresses files to make a file with a .gz extension
- gzip -c filename >filename.gz --- compress file into tar.gz; the ">" means print to outfile filename.gz
- gunzip filename ---uncompress a gzip file
- tar -xzf filename.tar.gz --- decompressing a tar.gz file
- gzcat filename --- lets y ou look at a gzipped file without having to gunzip it
- pwd --- prints working directory (your current location)
- cd /path/to/desired/location --- change directories by providing path
- cd ../ --- go up one directory
- mkdir directoryName --- make a new directory
- rmdir directoryName --- remove directory (must be empty)...Remember that you cannot undo this move!
- rmdir -r directoryName --- recursively remove directory and the files it contains...Remember that you cannot undo this move!
- rmdir filename --- remove specified file...Remember that you cannot undo this move!
Finding things
- whereis [filename, command] --- lists all occurances of filename or command
- ff --- finds files anywhere on the system
- ff -p --- finds a file by just typing in the beginning of the file name
- grep string filename(s) --- looks for strings in the files (use man grep for more information)
- ~/path --- tilde designated a shortcut for the path to your home directory
- nohup commands & --- to initiate a no-hangup background job (writes stdout to nohup.out)
- screen --- to initiate a new screen session to start a new background job (ctrl+a+d if you need to detach; screen -ls to list running screens; reattach screen pid)
Data editing
- vim filename --- to edit the file
- ctrl+r --- searching history
- history --- display history
- !#cmd_num --- display history
- Arrow up is a short cut to scroll through recently used commands
High throughput (HT) platform and read types
Take a moment to check out this Cornell site describing the specs of a few platforms!
- ABI-SOLiD
- Illumina single-end vs. paired-end
- Ion Torrent
- MiSeq
- Roche-454
- Solexa
CBI Collaboratory
Getting your HT sequence data
1. Walk a hard drive over (e.g. Freimer Lab)
- Not deplexed
- bcl are image files to help the machine store read data during sample sequencing...this is the NEW way of producing results files
- Convert to qseq using the program CASAVA
2. rsync (e.g. Pellegrini Lab)
- Retrieve qseq (not deplexed) files
3. ftp site (e.g. Berkeley)
- Added cost for library preps ($150/sample), run bioanalyzer, qPCR, and quantification
- Conversion of bcl to qseq
- Option to retrieve data as fastq
- Added cost (?) for deplexing
4. MiSeq (e.g. UCLA Human Genetics Core)
- Retrieve fasta file formats
- They can deplex and map data
File formats and conversions
- blc
- qseq
- fastq
Deplexing using barcoded sequence tags
- Editing (or hamming) distance
Quality control
- Fastx tools
- Using mapping as the quality control for reads
- For PE data Fastqc is preferable to Fastx
Trimming and clipping
- Trim based on low quality scored per nucleotide position within a read
- Clip sequence artefacts (e.g. adapters, primers)
- cutadapt for SE reads cutadapt download and run from your personal programs or scripts folder
- trimgalore for PE reads trimgalore download and run from your personal programs or scripts folder (also runs fastqc which is installed on sirius)
FASTQC and FASTX tools
BED and SAM tools
GATK variant calling
GATK and GATK Guide
R basics
Here is a file with some helpful R commands for inputting data, making basic plots, statistics, etc. courtesy of Los Lobos.
Also, refer to the following websites for help:
Python basics
Here is a file with helpful commands in Python, BioPython, EggLib, etc., from Los Lobos.
Also, here are several links to help you get going:
HT sequence analysis using R (and Bioconductor)
DNA sequence analysis
RNA-seq analysis
Common objectives of transcriptome analysis:
- Quantifying and annotating aligned reads
- Normalizing RNA-Seq read count data and identifying differentially expressed genes (DEG) (R packages):
- easyRNASeq (simplifies read counting per genome feature)
- DEXSeq (Inference of differential exon usage)
- baySeq (also see: segmentSeq)
- Genominator (Bullard et al. 2010)
- Detection of alternative splice junctions
For a reasonably thorough list of RNA-seq bioinformatic tools, please see this site!
SOLiD software tools
Passing Arguments to Scripts and Programs Using xargs
- xargs passes commands from the bash shell command line to a shell script and to other scripts or programs called in the script.
- Although the argument is always simply called as $1 in a script, xargs works iteratively, going through the script with the first argument then the second, and so on.
- Create this simple script:
#! /bin/bash #check that a base file name argument was supplied if [ $# -eq 0 ] # if no arguments were entered the script will complain and then stop then echo "Please supply argument .... " echo "Useage: echo arg1 arg2 ... argn | xargs -n 1 scriptname.sh" else echo $1 fi
- Call it using:
echo arg1 arg2 arg3 | xargs -n 1 script.sh
- The -n flag to xargs specifies how many arguments at a time to supply to the given command. -n 1 tells xargs to supply 1 argument to the command. The command will be invoked repeatedly until all input is exhausted.
- This means you can also use xargs for a command that needs two or more arguments.
- For instance you could use this to supply read group information to the picard AddReadGroups command.
- This means you can also use xargs for a command that needs two or more arguments.
- Another option -P # will tell xargs to split job into # different cores. -P 4 uses 4 cores.
- This only works if you have multiple jobs that can be run in PARALLEL, ie one command run multiple times, once with each xarg or set of xargs
- You can pass arguments to a program like fastqc, tophat, samtools etc.
- I split up my aligned reads by chromosome to speed up processing.
- With xargs I can call them all at once and process them on more than one core, something that samtools can't do by itself.
- The follwing command would pileup three samples and do it sequentially for however many chromosomes I call in xargs.
- I split up my aligned reads by chromosome to speed up processing.
#! /bin/bash #check that a base file name argument was supplied if [ $# -eq 0 ] # if no arguments were entered then echo "Please supply argument .... " echo "Useage: echo arg1 arg2 ... argn | xargs -n 1 scriptname.sh" else samtools mpileup -uf referencefilename /path/sample1$1.bam /path/sample2$1.bam /path/sample3$1.bam | bcftools view -bvcg - > /path/$1var.raw.bcf fi
- You can pass the arguments to a python script by using sys.argv to supply arguments to the python script and calling the python script as myscript.py arg1
- Save this simple script:
#! /bin/bash if [ $# -eq 0 ] # if no arguments were entered then echo "Please supply argument .... " echo "Useage: echo arg1 arg2 ... argn | xargs -n 1 scriptname.sh" else test.py $1 fi
- Save the following as test.py. It will be called by the last shell script above.
- This is a very simple example but number could just as easily designate a file to be opened by the python script.
#! /usr/bin/env python import sys # number = sys.argv[1] print "This is argument number ", number


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It's also what I need to do now. I've long had a drawerful
of reasonably developed ideas for film and/or television (even if they're just
a paragraph or so), only now, to my consternation, they've all been picked up. That
doesn't mean I've been given much, or any money for the majority of them, sadly, but
they're all spoken for, one way or the other. So this applies to anyone who needs to restart the engine as much as a work out what to do when they've finished their first piece of work.
START WRITING SOMETHING NEW. Don't panic, you don't have to
pile into a new script straight away – but you need to start narrowing down
what your script is going to be about.
Easy way to get started on this:
Make a list of ten concepts for films you'd like
to see. Any genre, any budget, just one or two sentences. Don't refine any of
them until you've got to ten.
Of those ten, pick five to do a brief paragraph
each on the first, second and third acts. If you can't pick three, pitch those ten
ideas to your friends and ask which they'd like to see as a film, and why.
Of those five, pick three and develop them
further: make a little bio for each character, think of a character that makes
his or her first appearance in the second act, another who might only appear in
the third act. Start thinking about actors who might play those roles.
Of those three, decide on one you're going to
develop as a script.
Work out most important forty scenes for that
story, then start writing it as a script.
Because if you pile straight into one script, you'll almost
certainly come unstuck and/or bored a third of the way through, and feel like
you want to start another one to get that fresh, enthusiastic feeling. Bad
news: every script comes unstuck a third of the way though, you have to push
through it, and that's the point where writing no longer feels like fun, it
feels like work.
This way, if you do come genuinely unstuck, you have a
number of other thought-through ideas to fall back on. Or you might realise that idea three and idea eight aren't strong enough to work on their own, but if you put them together, you might have an intriguing start for idea eleven. Also, it's a good idea
to have a number of concepts in your back pocket for a tricky pitch meeting
where your best (or favourite) idea is shot down almost straight away.
This happened a few months ago, and I was reduced to pitching an idea I had thought up about five years and not pushed again because the first person I had mentioned it to had laughed. The people I pitched it to at that moment not only didn't laugh (well, they laughed in the right places, at least), they immediately commissioned me to write a treatment, and it's just been rejected by Sky Television! Notice how I put an exclamation mark on the end of that for an upbeat feel. Don't worry, they're taking it to other places as well.
Also, DON'T BE AFRAID OF THE STUPID IDEA. If an idea appeals to you, however ridiculous it sounds, there's got to be something in it, so pursue it, chase it around with a stick until it gives up its gooey secrets. Conversely, an idea might not sound like a zinger ('frustrated Englishman runs a hotel in Torquay'), but if there's something in there you keep coming back to, stick with it.
I have to finish here because my son is hitting me with a Richard Scarry book.


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Felix Baumgartner's Skydive From Space
And you thought you were bad-ass for ghost-riding the whip. "I'm coming home," said the Austrian daredevil on Oct. 14, before jumping out of a special capsule more than 24 miles above the Earth. Baumgartner plummeted for four riveting minutes, reaching a top speed of almost 834 miles per hour and nearly spinning out of control, while captivating the world's eyes along the way.
Lip-Dub Proposal
Thank God she said yes! Back in May, this elaborate marriage proposal made the Internet want to say, "I do." As the shocked fiancée-to-be is chauffeured through suburban streets, dozens of friends and family join the ride, lip-syncing Bruno Mars's "Marry You" and dancing a choreographed routine. Mars himself tweeted: "I don't think I could've made a better music video for this song."
Brazil's Real Tower of Terror
In late November, this terrifying prank sent a chill around the world. In a video of a horrifying hoax from Brazil, unsuspecting victims are escorted into an empty, rigged elevator—only to find that they are not alone. More than 54 million people will never feel safe in an elevator again.
'Call Me Maybe'
If you claim you never found yourself singing the impossibly catchy pop hit aloud—perhaps accompanied by the phone-to-ear dance move or at least some head-bopping—then we'd bet you're lying. "Call Me Maybe" was the soundtrack of summer 2012, a song so ubiquitous that it was covered by Cookie Monster, Colin Powell, and more. But it wasn't Carly Rae Jepsen's official music video that had us initially come calling (although it did eventually garner more than 366 million views). It was the super-fun, low-budget, home-video–esque production featuring teenage sensations Justin Bieber, Selena Gomez, and Ashley Tisdale.
Romney's '47 Percent' Comments
There's nothing like a secretly recorded video of a mega-rich Republican presidential candidate making snide remarks about poor people. It was the gaffe to end all gaffes—or at least the gaffe to end Mitt Romney's run. Although relatively few people managed to watch the whole video, Mother Jones's "reporting" spurred the most talked-about moment from election season. And it may have been the best quote of the year.
#StopKony could not be stopped. It was the most-watched activist documentary ever, and easily the most polarizing. Invisible Children's film about Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony and the murderous Lord's Resistance Army inspired curiosity, praise, questions, criticism, and the public meltdown of filmmaker Jason Russell. It also underscored the power of the Internet to spread content and prompt debate. It was viewed more than 100 million times in six days, and celebrities from Kim Kardashian to Bill Gates tweeted about it.
'Gangnam Style'
After the year that Psy had, K-pop could very well stand for King of Pop. The tuxedo-wearing, pony-dancing, South Korean superstar redefined what it means to go viral, with his epic music video garnering more than 1 billion YouTube views in less than six months. When everyone from Ban Ki-moon to Britney Spears is jocking your style, you know you're on top.


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Waterville Golf Club
Ring of Kerry,
Waterville, Kerry
Tel : +353 (0)66 74102 Fax : +353 (0)66 74482
Just north of Waterville in the Ring of Kerry
Further Information
Club, trolley, caddie and buggy hire available .Bar, restaurant and accomodation facilities.
Course Details
Course Name: Waterville Holes: 18 Yardage: 7184 SSS: 74 |
For an appreciation and independent view of this course please see golfer reviews. press here for Waterville Golf Club course reviews |


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Star rating: 5 stars–outstanding/potential classic, 4 stars–very good, 3 stars–adequate, 2 stars–disappointing, 1 star–poor.
Vodka, caviar, golden onion shaped church domes, horse pulled sleighs running into the snowy night… What other Russian stereotypes might Parfum d'Empire have missed in their description of Ambre Russe? Though I might gripe about the clichés, one thing is without any doubt—among the excellent modern ambers, Ambre Russe is one of the most opulent and luxurious. Its character is enveloping and rich, while the spicy and leathery accents give it a sensual, smoldering aura. At the same time, the dryness of incense makes Ambre Russe elegant and polished by dispelling the usual resinous heft of sweet amber.
Created by Marc-Antoine Corticchiato, the founder of the Parfum d'Empire line, Ambre Russe is both his tribute to Russia and to the classical labdanum based amber. As I smell Ambre Russe, I glimpse the baroque elements from classical Guerlain fragrances, such as Mitsouko, Vol de Nuit and L'Heure Bleue. For this reason, Ambre Russe seems to me as an exercise in nostalgia; just as it captures the opulent Tsarist past that vanished overnight in the 1917 Russian revolution, so does it evoke the grand parfum glory that is available today in only a muted form. Inhale the dark, smoky sweetness of Ambre Russe, and all of it appears before you—the gilded ballrooms, the perfumed shoulders, and the champagne fountains.
Like many amber centered niche creations, Ambre Russe is a monolithic fragrance that reveals all of its elements in rapid succession. Though lacking in surprising twists, it makes up for it with its opulence. It is built around a sweet amber note, but unlike Serge Lutens Ambre Sultan or Tom Ford Amber Absolute, the main accent here is not the resinous, bittersweet labdanum, but rather benzoin with its cherry and vanilla liqueur character. The amber that results out of these notes is sweet, luscious and spicy, with a gourmand edge. The overtones of tobacco and incense deepen the impression and enhance the complexity of Ambre Russe.
Although the sweetness is much more pronounced in Ambre Russe than in other ambers I mentioned, it is nevertheless mild. Compared to another stellar amber, Hermès Ambre Narguilé, it is drier and smokier. It is quite tenacious, even though its sillage is moderate and the fragrance stays close to the skin and creates a pleasant aura. As the days turn colder, I reach more and more often for my Ambre Russe bottle, hoping as much for a glimpse of a fantasy world as for its delicious, warm caress.
Parfum d'Empire Ambre Russe Eau de Parfum includes notes of tea, incense, vodka, champagne, cumin, coriander, cinnamon, ambergris, vanilla, leather. Available at Beautyhabit, Luckyscent and First in Fragrance. $75, 50ml; $110, 100ml
Sample: my own acquisition


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Turn your heady dreams in reality with a home distillation kit
If your passion for alcohol extends to such a level that you simply wish to produce delectable alcoholic beverages right at home then you can surely turn your heady dreams in reality with a home distillation kit. You can easily buy such compact alcohol distillation kits from select online stores and a few clicks will quickly enable you to receive your chosen kit at your doorsteps.
As compared to commercial alcohol distillation plants that are huge towers connected to various brewing, fermenting, distilling, and filtering equipments, and produce thousands of gallons of alcohol per day, home distilling kits are simple and smaller versions that can produce between 1 liter to 5 liters or around 1 gallon of your chosen alcohol with each batch. You can now promote your new hobby by turning ordinary mixtures of water along with various fruits, vegetables or grains along with yeast into extraordinary drinks with the help of the right alcohol distillation equipment.
There are various types of distillation kits suitable for homes available in actual stores, but a convenient option that could save a lot of time and money would be to browse through select online stores that offer such kits at extremely competitive rates. You should ensure that any home distillation kit that you finalize is made out of stainless steel for long life and easy maintenance. You should also ensure that your home kit is equipped with a hydrometer as well as temperature gauge to help you to keep an eye on the fermenting and distillation process. In addition, you will usually need to arrange for a heating source in the form of an electric or gas stove as well as a cooling source such as running water to boil as well as condense the fermented mixture and get strong and heady alcohol in return.
Since distillation involves boiling inflammable liquids, you should ensure that your home distillation kit is completely safe to use again and again. There are also various contaminants such as acetone, methanol, etc that might try to sneak into your final product and hence your kit should contain a provision to fit appropriate packing made out of copper or ceramic raschig rings to effectively filter out any unwanted contaminants from your desired alcoholic beverage. A kit that is flexible in design and allows you simple pot distilling or even reflux distilling should be preferred so that you can produce a variety of drinks that can be happily consumed with your close friends or guests that visit your home.
You should visit reliable online stores so as to check features present in each home kit before comparing prices as well as shipping rates too. You should also ensure that you choose a kit supplier that has been in the market for a long time and can also supply various other accessories and ingredients such as pure yeast as well as essences so that you can produce a wide range of intoxicating and delicious alcoholic beverages right at home.
You can easily turn your dream of creating wonderful alcohol drinks into delicious reality provided you are allowed by law to do so in your country and have the right distilling kit to distill your fermented mash. You will need to choose a safe and efficient home distillation kit that is priced reasonably and delivers batch after batch of silky smooth and strong alcohol that can then be sipped lazily by yourself and your loved ones.


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Important Note
The following information is intended to supplement, not substitute for, the expertise and judgment of your physician, pharmacist or other healthcare professional. It should not be construed to indicate that use of the drug is safe, appropriate, or effective for you. Consult your healthcare professional before using this drug.
WARNING: Accidental overdose of iron-containing products is a leading cause of fatal poisoning in children under 6 years of age. Keep this product out of reach of children. If an accidental overdose does occur, seek immediate medical attention or call a poison control center.
Vitamins are the building blocks of the body. They are used to prevent or treat a vitamin deficiency due to poor nutrition, certain illnesses or during pregnancy.
How To Use
Take as directed. Food may affect the absorption of certain vitamin products. Consult your pharmacist. Timed-release capsules or tablets must be swallowed whole.
Side Effects
This medication may cause mild nausea or unpleasant taste. Consult your doctor if any of these effects persist or become severe. If you notice other effects not listed above, contact your doctor or pharmacist.
Be sure your doctor is informed of your medical history, especially of: drug allergies. Tell your doctor if you are pregnant before using this medication. Some of the ingredients in this multivitamin product may be excreted into breast milk. Consult your doctor or pharmacist before breast-feeding.
Drug Interactions
Tell your doctor if you take any other medication, including nonprescription. Do not start or stop any medicine without doctor or pharmacist approval.
If overdose is suspected, contact your local poison control center or emergency room immediately. Symptoms of overdose may include unconsciousness, paleness, weak-rapid heartbeat, stomach pain, nausea, vomiting, or green diarrhea/tarry stools.
There are many vitamin supplement products available. Some can be purchased without a prescription. Consult your doctor or pharmacist on the choice of a product best for you.
Missed Dose
Take the missed dose as soon as you remember; do not take if it is almost time for the next dose. Instead, skip the missed dose and resume your usual dosing schedule. Do not "double-up" the dose to catch up.
Store at room temperature away from sunlight and moisture.


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- For the so-called experts, see Wikitravel
UnTravel is a travel guide for Uncyclopediacs who travel from potato to potato. Dorks who don't know the aspects of their desired destination will use Wikitravel because their life depends on it.
Travelers around all around Uncyclomedia Foundation are desperate to escape the nanobots that vandalize Aerotospenees' Great Library of Alexandria, Egypt. People who pee themselves in fear will take advantage of their own bladder problems in favor of charging their pee phones. People will however, use an Untato to power their cell phones as well.
Willy Wonka's chocolate factory may be found by crowds of people if UnTravel is used too much. People who complete their journey through the earth may discover planets like Planet Rumpaa and other obscure planets. Wario from Nintendoland has created a wormhole to allow travelers from our dimension to visit wonderful Nintendo characters.
Current UnTravel Titles[edit]
For a full list of UnTravel Titles alphabetically, see here.
- Travel Guide to New Jersey
- Travel Guide to California
- The Ultimate Guide to Going Somewhere
- My Summer with Martin, Jane Austen
- Phil Eats His Way Across North America
UnTravel on the Travel Wikia[edit]
- Non-existent places needs your help!


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Los Angeles will have another representative during the All-Star weekend. Eric Bledsoe will travel alongside with his teammates Chris Paul and Blake Griffin to participate in the Slam Dunk Contest. The league has officially announced the names of the participants for the 2013 Slam Dunk Contest and the young guard from Kentucky will try to impress the crowd with his dunking skills and his athletic abilities.
The other contestants will be Gerald Green from the Golden State Warriors, Terrence Ross from the Toronto Raptors, James White from the New York Knicks, Jeremy Evans from the Utah Jazz and Kenneth Faried from the Denver Nuggets. From a first glimpse at the names on the table, one could say that it should be a spectacular and powerful contest. We've seen some great in-game slams from all of these players during this season.
Regarding Bledsoe, apart from winning his NBA All-Rookie Second Team back in 2011, it will be his first chance to win an individual title and also an opportunity to feel some of the pace of the NBA All-Star game. He surely deserves to be there, and he has been one of the most enjoying players to watch this season, not only because of his dunks but also because of the continuing improvement of his game. Many have stated that Bledsoe is a young star rising and the truth is that during Chris Paul's absence he's playing like one. Entering the Slam Dunk Contest will be a great experience for him, and despite the great opponents he'll face, let's all that he brings home a trophy.
Bledsoe is the shortest amongst all the six competitors, and this might be an advantage because both judges and the crowd like it when quick players can lift and deliver amazing dunks, equal or even better than the taller ones. What Bledsoe lacks in height he certainly gains in athleticism and jumping ability, and he has all the potential to win it all.


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About Hospital
NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah is a premier hospital in Sharjah providing high-quality health care. The hospital has a strong presence in Sharjah and attracts patients for whom receiving high quality and individualized care matters.
NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah was established in 1981. This is the first and the largest private general hospital in the UAE. Both inpatient and outpatient treatment is of an international standard, and is backed by the latest radiology and laboratory facilities.
At NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah, the development of a personal relationship between the patient and doctor is of fundamental importance. This philosophy, combined with the easy accessibility of our senior medical staff for advice and discussion, makes Al Zahra a more caring hospital.
Patient care is our primary concern. The facilities, therefore, remain under constant review to incorporate the latest techniques and equipment to ensure consistently high standards.
Noted for their professional expertise, our staffs are carefully selected and have had valuable experience in major hospitals overseas. We have a multicultural, multiethnic and multilinguistic staff recruited from across the world.
The hospital also offers a wide range of health care schemes, from maternity to comprehensive medical check-ups, as well as specially designed cost-effective packages for companies and institutions.
NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah provides acute care with capacity for 137 beds (including 9 ICU and 12 NICU beds). Employee numbers exceed 1250. This number includes more than 170 doctors. In addition NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah is also a hospital of choice for many Community Based Doctors who choose to admit their patients for inpatient and procedural care at NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah.
Through our facilities we deliver a full suite of specialized healthcare. We provide inpatient and outpatient care in28 specialties.
Over the last 35 years, NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah has made a significant impact in the local healthcare market. With a reputation to recruit the best trained staff from across the work, providing health care facilities of international standards and focus on ensuring highest quality and patient safety, the hospitals desire is to position itself as a leading healthcare destination.
The Hospital will develop strategies to improve staff performance through education and training to achieve excellence in care provision so that our patients receiving the best care, every time.
NMC Royal Hospital Sharjah intends to sustain its achievements and create opportunities for continuing growth of both patients and staff. It will continue to maintain a high engagement with staff, further develop customer care with input from patients and families and continue upgrading our equipment and facilities.